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01.09.2012 | Meeting abstract
Prevalence of angina in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
verfasst von:
ML Ishimori, NJ Gal, A Rogatko, DS Berman, A Wilson, DJ Wallace, NB Merz, MH Weisman
Erschienen in:
Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Sonderheft 3/2012
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Excerpt
The study of coronary artery disease (CAD) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has become increasingly important with evidence indicating a relationship between cardiovascular disease outcome and chronic inflammatory conditions [
1]. Since anginal chest pain (CP) is a frequent clinical symptom in patients with CAD, it is important to estimate its frequency among SLE patients. The Rose angina questionnaire and the Diamond-Forrester index are widely used tools to assess angina in the general population but have not previously been used to measure angina prevalence in SLE [
2,
3]. We conducted a pilot study on the prevalence of self-reported CP in patients with SLE. …